Latest Reformational Podcast Episodes
SHOCKING! “Murders Gonna Murder”: Pro-Aborts Say the Quiet Part Out Loud
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - April 24, 2024 15:44 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn the fourth episode of our series, Conversations & Presuppositions, Dr. Michael Thiessen and Pastor Nate Wright examine a SHOCKING evolution in the abortion debate. Since pro-aborts have lost the scientific argument concerning when life begins, they're now admitting that abortion is murder and ...
Does the Bible Condone Slavery? – Part II: Choose Ye this Day, Slavery or Liberty in Christ?
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - April 17, 2024 14:00 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this third episode of our new series, Conversations & Presuppositions, Doctors Boot and Thiessen revisit their conversation on slavery and the Bible by examining why Christianity is the only worldview that can consistently lead to liberty and how a culture's rejection of Christ naturally leads...
Does the Bible Condone Slavery? – Part I
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - April 10, 2024 15:37 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this, the second episode in our new series Conversations & Presuppositions, Doctors Boot and Thiessen discuss a common objection to Christianity, namely, that Christianity condones slavery. But does it? You're not going to want to miss part one of this fascinating discussion.
The Resurrection Changes Everything
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - April 03, 2024 14:47 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode, Dr. Joe Boot and pastor Nate Wright talk about the world-changing implication of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, its evidence, and its explanation. REJOICE FOR HE IS RISEN!
Responding to Ligon Duncan on Theonomy & Cultural Engagement
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - March 27, 2024 04:00 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode, Dr. Michael Thiessen and Dr. Joe Boot respond to the recent controversial interview by Chancellor of Reformed Theological Seminary, Ligon Duncan, on the Room for Nuance podcast where he answers questions on theonomy, postmillennialism, and faithful cultural contextualization all ...
Slaying the Dragon of Pornography ft. Dr. Ted Fenske
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - March 20, 2024 04:43 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode, Pastor Nate Wright is joined by Ezra Fellow of Medicine and Public Christianity, Dr. Ted Fenske to discuss how to slay the dragon of pornography.
Parents and Children & the Family of God
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - March 13, 2024 15:13 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode, the latest of our series on the family, Dr. Joe Boot and Pastor Nate Wright discuss the relationship between parents and children, how it mirrors the Triune nature of God, and how family is, indeed, the nucleus of civilization.
7 Doctrines to Rule the World
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - March 06, 2024 16:35 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode, Dr. Michael Thiessen and Pastor Nate Wright recap last weekend's Right Response Ministries Conference, "Blueprints for Christendom 2.0," by unpacking the seven doctrines presented at the conference for Christians to rule the world righteously under the Lordship of King Jesus.
Addressing the Rise of Antisemitism
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - February 28, 2024 14:35 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode, Michael and Joe are joined by Ezra Fellow for International Law, Comparative Politics, and International Relations, Daniel Ogden J.D., to talk about the disturbing rise of antisemitism and how to think about it biblically.
Motherhood & the Family of God ft. Susie Rock
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - February 21, 2024 17:23 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode, Michael and Nate are joined by Harvest Windsor's Women's Life Director, Susie Rock, to continue the discussion on the family by discussing what it means to be a woman made in the Image of God, their role in the Kingdom, and how to fulfill it for the good of others and the glory o...
Fatherhood & the Family of God
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - February 14, 2024 05:00 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode, Joe, Michael, and Nate continue their discussion on the family by discussing what the archetypal fatherhood of God means for our ectypal familial relationships. Simply put, they discuss what God's fatherhood means for us and our realtionships. Oh, how sweet it is to be part of th...
Part III: Responding to Attacks on the Family
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - February 07, 2024 06:09 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode, Joe, Michael, and Nate continue their discussion around Allistair Begg's recent controversial advice to a grandmother about attending a queer wedding and his recent sermon defending his advice.
Part II: Responding to Attacks on the Family
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - January 31, 2024 15:42 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode, Joe and Michael continue to discuss the big compromise of Big Eva and the need for strong fathers leading well--leading biblically. Allistair Begg's Comments: https://youtu.be/rXDYYPLwgYE?si=B0XrmelFb6BH6VC9&t=1726.
Responding to Attacks on the Family: Part II
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - January 31, 2024 15:42 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode, Joe and Michael continue to discuss the big compromise of Big Eva and the need for strong fathers leading well--leading biblically. Allistair Begg's Comments: https://youtu.be/rXDYYPLwgYE?si=B0XrmelFb6BH6VC9&t=1726.
Part I: Responding to Attacks on the Family
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - January 24, 2024 19:16 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode, Joe, Nate and Michael respond to yet more bad advice from Big Eva. How can we remain faithful fathers in a world full of compromise? Tune in to find out.
Responding to Attacks on the Family
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - January 24, 2024 19:16 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode, Joe, Nate and Michael respond to yet more bad advice from Big Eva. How can we remain faithful fathers in a world full of compromise? Tune in to find out.
Raising Faithful Christian Families
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - January 17, 2024 05:00 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode, Joe, Nate and Michael discuss the centrality of the family in God's redemptive story, and consider how to disciple families and churches in an age where we have imbibed an individualistic idea of the gospel.
Education, Line-Up Changes, and Why We Exist
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - January 10, 2024 05:00 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsA bittersweet start to 2024, as we announce some changes to the hosting of the Podcast for Cultural Reformation, but we are also excited to see the founding of a new Christian school in the Niagara region, and the work of cultural reform being implemented in concrete ways. We also take this occas...
A Prayer for the New Year
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - January 03, 2024 05:00 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn the first episode of 2024, we consider the tradition of New Year's resolutions, look ahead at some of the newsmaking trends that we anticipate, and conclude with a prayer for a new year.
Christmas Replay 2023: Leadership and Character
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - December 27, 2023 05:00 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this Christmas replay, we discuss several opposing pairs of virtues and vices that shape our Christian character. If you’re considering how you can grow in godliness and holiness this coming year, here are some timeless biblical concepts to consider. Would you help support the work of the Ezra...
Should Christians Celebrate Christmas?
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - December 20, 2023 18:53 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThere is a certain type of attitude or personality that creeps up this time of year that tries to suppress the joy of other believers in celebrating the birth of Christ. It alleges that Christmas was originally pagan, and that we are participating in idolatry. In today's episode we discuss how th...
Trans Identities and the Givenness of the World
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - December 13, 2023 18:52 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWe live in an age where we are told to define and live our own truth, including the most fundamental truths about our human identity. Over against such self-determination, Scripture gives us a vision for life based on the identity of God as the transcendent Creator, of human beings as image-beari...
Interest Rates, ESG, and Godly Investments w/ Jonathan Wellum
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - December 06, 2023 05:00 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsJonathan Wellum joins us once more on the podcast to reflect on the economic year 2023, and to discuss ESG, ethical investing, and the worldview difference between a godly and ungodly approach to economics.
Thinking Christianly about International Law w/ Dan Ogden
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - November 29, 2023 05:00 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsEzra Institute Fellow Dan Ogden makes his podcast debut to discuss the difference between international law, which is based on common consent, and supranational law, a coercive and unaccountable system. He explains some of the strategic and economic benefits of a globally connected world, as well...
Electioneering and Demoralization
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - November 22, 2023 05:00 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWe interact with a classic interview with Yuri Bezmenov, a KGB agent who defected from the USSR in the 1980s. He explains the strategy of cultural infiltration that has been active since the 1950s, and the work of demoralization that has been accomplished in the West. As we approach election seas...
Christian Nationalism, Christian Pietism, or Christian Culture w/ Andrew Sandlin
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - November 15, 2023 20:01 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsEzra Institute Fellow Andrew Sandlin joins us to discuss the strange bedfellows of Marxism and Nationalism that have been keeping company lately, as well as antisemitism and the recent rise of nationalism of several stripes, including Christian nationalism, and how a reformational perspective gua...
Veterans Day, Protests, and Christ’s Armistice
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - November 08, 2023 05:00 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsAs governments and law enforcement deal with planned demonstrations for this upcoming Remembrance Day, Joe Boot considers the Islamic worldview commitments that are fundamentally at odds with Christian religious worldview commitments, and discuss the true and lasting peace that was accomplished t...
Our Present Culture of Death
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - November 01, 2023 04:00 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsOn this Reformation Day, Tobias Riemenschneider joins us from Germany to discuss the West's death-loving culture, expressed in the horror of abortion. He explains how the wide-scale support for state-sponsored abortion is upstream from so many other forms of murder, euthanasia, the harm that it c...
Racism, Christianity, and Antisemitism
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - October 25, 2023 17:08 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsRace is an unbiblical concept, and there are two main expressions of it in the West: constructivist critical race theory, and primordial nationalism. The Christian must reject both.
Wimpy, Weak and Woke w/ John Cooper
Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation - October 18, 2023 04:00 ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsJohn Cooper of the rock band Skillet returns to the podcast to discuss his forthcoming book, Wimpy, Weak and Woke. He explains how a spirit of entitlement and victimhood has pervaded Western society, with its philosophical roots in Hegel, the tragedy of Christians abandoning the truth of the Bibl...
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